{"id":7045,"date":"2017-09-03T19:50:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=7045"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:27:12","slug":"relative-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/09\/relative-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Relative Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\nObject<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\nPossessive<\/b><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
who<\/td>\nwho(m)<\/td>\nwhose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
which<\/td>\nwhich<\/td>\nwhose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
that<\/td>\nthat<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    \n
  • who <\/i><\/b>and <\/span>whom <\/i><\/b>for people<\/span><\/li>\n
  • which <\/i><\/b>for things.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • that <\/i><\/b>for people or things<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Usage<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • after <\/b>a noun:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      – The chapel <\/span>that <\/b>Baelor built.<\/span><\/p>\n

      – The person <\/span>who <\/b>discovered the prisoner’s secret .<\/span><\/p>\n

      – An eighth-grader <\/span>who <\/b>attempted to skip school.<\/span><\/p>\n

      \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • to tell more about a person or thing:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        – My sister, <\/span>who <\/b>studied abroad<\/span>, has always been insightful.<\/span><\/p>\n

        – Lord Frey, <\/span>who <\/b>was 98<\/span>, has just died.<\/span><\/p>\n

        – We had lemon cakes, <\/span>which <\/b>are Sansa\u2019s favorite<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • do <\/span>not <\/b>use <\/span>that <\/i><\/b>as a <\/span>subject:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          • whose <\/i><\/b>as the <\/span>possessive <\/b>form of <\/span>who:<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            – This is Gregor, <\/span>whose <\/b>brother went to war with me.<\/span><\/p>\n

            \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            • whom \/ who <\/i><\/b>as the <\/span>object <\/b>of a verb or preposition:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              – This is Robb, <\/span>whom <\/b>you met at my daughter\u2019s wedding. \/\u00a0This is Robb, who <\/b>you met at my daughter\u2019s wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n

               <\/p>\n

                \n
              • whom <\/i><\/b>or <\/span>which <\/i><\/b>after<\/b> a preposition:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                – I had an uncle in Westeros, <\/span>from<\/b> who[m]<\/span> I inherited a castle.<\/span><\/p>\n

                – We brought an axe, <\/span>with <\/b>which<\/span> we cut up all the firewood.<\/span><\/p>\n

                or<\/span><\/p>\n

                  \n
                • preposition at the <\/span>end <\/b>of the clause:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  – I had an uncle in Westeros <\/span>who[m] <\/span>I inherited a castle <\/span>from<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

                  – We brought an axe, <\/span>which <\/span>we cut all the firewood up <\/span>with<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

                  or<\/span><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • that <\/i><\/b>at the beginning of the clause:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    – I had an uncle in Westeros <\/span>that<\/b> I inherited a castle <\/span>from<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

                    – We brought an axe <\/span>that<\/b> we cut all the firewood up <\/span>with<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Subject Object Possessive who who(m) whose which which whose that that who and whom for people which for things. that for people or things Usage after a noun: – The chapel that Baelor built. – The person who discovered the prisoner’s secret . – An eighth-grader who attempted to skip school. \u00a0 to tell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"yoast_head":"\nRelative Pronouns | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/09\/relative-pronouns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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